Programs & Events

Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Day

ABOUT YOM HASHOAH

Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates the 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust and honors the lives of those who survived.

On April 24, 2025, North Texas community members gathered for the Museum’s Yom HaShoah commemoration, hosted this year by Congregation Shearith Israel. As this year marked 80 years since the end of the war, we featured the testimonies of U.S. soldiers who liberated concentration camps across Europe. Descendants of four Liberators joined us to share the stories of these crucial eyewitnesses to the horrors of the Holocaust. The Museum welcomed a special guest, Liberator Bill Kongable, as the final speaker to share his story.

2025 YOM HASHOAH RECORDING

We invite you to watch the recording of the 2025 Yom HaShoah Program at Congregation Shearith Israel on April 24.

3:00 Rabbi Ari Sunshine | We Remember
10:27 Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Barbara Rabin Chief Education Officer, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | Welcome Remarks
13:51 Fran and Mark Berg | Liberator Testimony: Lee Berg
24:47 Jeff, Judy, and Michael Kogutt | Liberator Testimony: Sam Kogutt
38:01 Dr. Matthew Canafax | Liberator Testimony: Wilson Canafax
51:44 Liberator Bill Kongable and daughter Trish Ramsey
1:07:04 Kaddish | Rabbi Shira Wallach
1:08:45 Ike Brown, Board Chair of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | Closing Remarks

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SPECIAL THANKS TO

Socialization (‘‘Café Europa’’) programs for Nazi victims have been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.